Tingting Hu joined the Department of Media and Communication, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in 2022. She received her PhD at Macquarie University and taught at the University of Technology Sydney, University of New South Wales. Her research interest lies in digital intimacy and media technology, Asian popular culture and transmedia practices, and human-machine interaction, particularly human-to-virtual-human relationships. Her recent publications appear in Media Culture & Society, Convergence, International Journal of Culture Studies. 

PhD application is ONLY welcome for the projects closely engaging with my current research interests. 

Digital intimacy and media technology

Asian popular culture and transmedia practices

Human-machine interaction, particularly human-to-virtual-human relationships

Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication, XJTLU, 2026-

Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication, XJTLU, 2022-2025

Research Fellow, School of Communication and Journalism, Wuhan University, 2020-2022

Casual Lecturer and Tutor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, 2018-2019

Casual Lecturer and Tutor, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, 2017

Senior Public Relations Account Executive, Hill Knowlton Strategies, Beijing, 2013-2014

Public Relations Account Executive, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, Beijing, 2011-2013

COM404 Contemporary Chinese Media

COM412 Popular Culture and Fandom Studies

2025 Research Excellence Award, HSS, XJTLU. 
2023 Outstanding Achievement Award, Journal Article of the Year, MeCCSA – Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association 
2022 “Wuhan Talent” Outstanding Young Talent Award, Awarded by Hubei Department of Education and Wuhan Municipal Government, China